Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-31
MIsHAPS EVERYWHERE.
FIRES, ExPLo sloNs, sHlPwREcks AND
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.


FIRES, ExPlOSlONSJ Sf1lPWhtCkS AND
Dan poAn AcrinrNTe
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Only the Most important Disasters Of
~ y..r The, 7. I,st Numbered In
'no AoA oa''
History.
JAN 2-Miiiion aohar nre az papaa paAass,
Rome, ltaiy.-fafal 1re &C Madras, indiai oU
killed.
4.-Fatal accident on Baltimore and Ohio rail
road at THIN. O.. 10 killed.
s'fserrn.n sh,r, E,;zabetb xvrecked on Virginia
..oos,. ao ,,e,, drarraa
N.Ne.--,,. Co.
A-Engiisn seeatifsnip Sroh'otooA' win . hneii,
given up Tor lost-Llverpoot DARK eTegner,
given up for lost with Is men.
1S.-Schooner Parallel blown up by giant pow
der at the Golden Gate. San Francisco. Panic at
S,;ta,a.las ,baatre London. II ki,Iaa
op,sa'.eu' sAes' ,,,.
N'.-pauasns noous 'eu q. ~. 'o
states; many tamihes driven rom their homes
FEB. 5.-Boston ard Montreal express train on
Vermont Central railroad fell through bridge al
Woodstock, Vt, 40 killed.
ll.-Tornado passed over central Ohio.
A.-SnoW, ice ana nooa caused great suffering
and some loss of life in the northwest.
15.-Tornado In Ohio; general severe storm.
23.-Earthquakes at Nice, France, and along
the italian Riviera; 400 killed.
2.-Revival of Riviera earthquake shocks; 20M
killed.
MARCH Sire damp explosion in colliery in
Belgium; ia killed.
6.-Expiosion at ST. Etienne, France, 80 Killed.
14-Train fell through bridge on Boston and
Providence railroad, near Boston; IS killed Cfbe
Tin bridge" casualty
1s.-Richmond hotel, Buffalo, burned; 10 killed.
20-Terrible foods in Dakota on the Missouri
river.
23-Colliery explosion at Sidney, New South
Wales; 20 killed.-Twelve miners burned to death
in boarding house fire Bessemer, Wis.
3O-Great blockade on the Intercolonial rail-
way, Canada; 900 passengers snowbound in New
Brunswick and Quebec.
APRIL 12.-Fire at St. Augustine, Fla, destroyed
ancient cathedral and other buildings. in
eastern and middle states.-Prairie fires in the
west
1S.-Severe snow storms in middle Atlantic
states.
| 2.-Hurricane on coast OF Australia; 40 pearl
| fishing boats lost with $50 persons.-Tornado in
Kansas and Missouri.-Floods in st. Lawrence
| river.
| a6-'ohio valley flooded several people drowned
and much property destroyed.
S-Steamer Benton sunk of Island Formosa;
$50 drowned.
so-Floods in New England.
MAY 3-Huricanes in the west-Earthquakes
in Mexico; several towns ruined; $50 people
| killed.-Steamer John Knox foundered of New
foundland with 80 persons.
| Anime disaster at Vancouver, British Column
bia; $50 men entombed.
5.-Great floods reported in Maine; houses and
mills swept away.
2.-White Star steamships Celtic and Brittanic
arrive after collision on the Atlantic; IA re
ported killed.
7.-Steamer La Champagne lost; 40 Italians
drowned.
2.-Theatre COmiQue burned at Paris; 2o
| killed.
a6-one thousand five hundred horses, $500 oa
worth of property belonging to Belt Line railroad
in New York, destroyed by fire.
&.-Coiliery explosion at Glasgow; 70 killed.
JUNE 5-Three hundred persons injured ant
many killed by falling building in Berlin.
Io-Earthquake in Turkestan; lao killed.
l7.-Steamer Champlain burned on Lake Mich
igan; 10 lives lost.
so.-Seyere storms reported in the Atlantis
states
25.-Floods reported on the Merrimac. y
| July 6.-Landside at Zng. Switzerland, man,
houses engulfed in the lake; 100 killed
| e.-Theatre at Hurley, Wis, burned; Il killed.
N.-The yacht Mystery sunk in Jamaica bay
Gpeople drowned.
I E.-Mount Etna IN state or eruption. Earth
quakes in Sicily and on the italian coast.
H.-Fatsl accident on Erie railroad at He
hokus; IS Italian laborers killed.
31--Tidal wave reported to have struck Cunar'
steamer UEnbria; several killed.
AUG. s-Forest fires reported on German from
tier
H-Excursion on the l., r. ". ralroa'
piunges through bridge near Chatsworth, Ills.
lis killed and many injured.
29.-Heavy gales reported from Newfoundlan
fishing banks many fishermen drowned.
| SEPT. 5.-Theatre Royal, Exeter, England
burned; 40 killed.
23.-Hurricane blew down 100 houses in Browns
ville Tex, and 800 in Mexico
Der. 11--Railroad accident on Baltimore an
Ohio railroad at kouts. Ind; 80 killed.
29.-Propeller Vernon foundered in Lake Miel
igan; 40 lives lost Total loss of life the lake
during October, 1872.
Nov 16-Ship burned at Canton, China; IL
killed.
flake steamer Arizona burned at Ma
quette
17.-Father Krner's school house in Harlei
| fell killing seven including Father kirner himsel
2l-Steamer Seholteu sunk in Straits of Dove
1sa drowned
2f-P T. Barnum's winter quarters burned
Bridgeport; loss, $4,000.